ERIC Number: EJ1321146
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Nov
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-9120
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A Playground Activity as an Analogy of Electric Current to Help Students Overcome Misconceptions about Electricity
Hachmi, A.; El Moussaouy, A.; Ouariach, A.; Essaadaoui, R.; Kerkour-El Miad, A.; Mommadi, O.; El Hadi, M.
Physics Education, v56 n6 Article 065020 Nov 2021
In this study, which aims to help grade nine students overcome the misconceptions about electric current, we identified their misconceptions about this concept and then designed and implemented a playground activity as an analogy of electric current. Through the conceptual change texts approach, which we have enhanced with experience, we use this analogy to explain the scientific conception of electric current. We call the approach resulting from this combination: the Conceptual Change Text Enhanced by Experiment and Analogy (CCTEEA). This study adopts the pre-experimental method with the design of the pre and post-test, an experimental group and a control group. The comparison of students' conceptions, before and after the intervention, demonstrated that the CCTEEA was successful in helping students to overcome misconceptions about electric current.
Descriptors: Playground Activities, Scientific Concepts, Energy, Physics, Misconceptions, Grade 9, Secondary School Students, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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